The Daily Lard 3-17-11

Douglas LeeMar 17, 2011 7:45 AM

Happy Tourney Day and St. Patrick's Day, Broncos fans! Enjoy your green beers, and may the sun shine on your brackets! I realize I'm a lot late in doing this, but I just created a bracket group on ESPN called IAOFM, if you're interested. Of course, we only have until 12:15pm ET to fill it out. Best of luck!

I'm experimenting with a new section today called Scrapple (I know, running out of gluttony-related terms) which will go outside the football realm. Some of it will be reads I find interesting, and others will just be for a good laugh (don't worry - no politics). Hopefully you'll like it; if not and it's a waste of your time and mine, please let me know!

AFC West

Miami defensive lineman Allen Bailey is expected to visit with the Broncos soon.

Woody responds to labor questions in his mailbag; plus, while he still thinks the Broncos will trade down from #2, he would take Patrick Peterson given the choice between him and Nick Fairley.

Jimmer and Tebow similar? Naturally, the DP dances around the real reasons (hyper-religious, dominant white guys) they parallel each other.

Sacco tried to write about the Broncos' successes in drafting wide receivers; unfortunately he couldn't think of many. Either that, or he didn't want to mention Brandon Marshall and The Vance for some reason; perhaps it was their rap sheets?

Rulon Jones, I sure hope you were well paid to appear in this video with Phil Simms. And dude, about that hairdo...(Hat tip to our long-suffering friend Green & White of NJ)

CBA

The NFL wants Judge Doty to keep the details of their TV ransom money case under seal. Gee, I wonder why?

Richard Sandomir on the efforts of NFLN to show objectivity in covering the labor dispute, plus the decision for players of whether to appear on it or not.

Mike Silver explains why the NFLPA's talk of skipping the draft is all fair game. Again - who cares whether they show up or not? Don't know about you, but I'd be watching the draft if all it consisted of were a soundless crawl...